INCLUSIVE PUBLISHING in the Educational Environment UNIVERSAL DESIGN means the design of products, environments, programs and services to be usable by.

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Presentation on theme: "INCLUSIVE PUBLISHING in the Educational Environment UNIVERSAL DESIGN means the design of products, environments, programs and services to be usable by."— Presentation transcript:

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INCLUSIVE PUBLISHING in the Educational Environment UNIVERSAL DESIGN means the design of products, environments, programs and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. "Universal design" shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. [Art. 2, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities] Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 1

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REALISTICALLY ACHIEVABLE VISION WHAT WILL BE BEST? (from the perspective of the accessibility and disability communities) Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 2

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Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 Oh, my God…... how can we as Publishers meet all these requirements?... how much will it cost?... what are our benefits?... is there a market?... what is the business model? 10

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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS (I) ► 10% to 15% of the population with special needs / disabilities (WHO) ► Demographic change / aging populations with corresponding limited abilities ► Rapidly growing global ICT penetration – not one area of life that is not affected (Education, Formation, Professional Life, eServices, eLearning Platforms, Entertainment, Social Media, Internet, TV, Multimedia, etc.) ► Multiple distribution channels for content consumed on many different devices with different properties Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 11

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RE-USABLE CONTENT Create re-usable content (simply said: create one output-agnostic source file from which many output formats can be generated in automated conversion processes) “For years I’ve been telling that in order to build e-books we need content that is re-usable. Many editors and publishers are still thinking about paper books and don’t think about the fact that they are producing content that can be scalable and used on other devices.” [Luc Audrain, Hachette Livre, 2012] Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 14

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WHERE TO START - STRATEGICALLY? ► Accessible Publishing - Best Practice Guidelines for Publishers [http://www.editeur.org/109/Enabling-Technologies-Framework- Guidelines/] http://www.editeur.org/109/Enabling-Technologies-Framework- Guidelines/http://www.editeur.org/109/Enabling-Technologies-Framework- Guidelines/ ► ► Make the Inclusive Publishing a top priority at the senior management level of the company [appoint an internal responsible for accessibility concerns] ► ► Build up partnerships with agencies specialized in providing accessible material (libraries for the blind, service centres for disabled students etc.) Bernhard Heinser b.heinser@sbs.ch Universal Design for Digital Document Creation and Publication Dublin, 29 November 2012 15